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TL;DR

nvcf-cli now sends llmConfig.routingMethod unchanged, so owners can set routing expressions such as pulsar;seed=stable-a from the CLI. The owner docs describe the format, parameters, and errors.

Additional Details

  • The CLI used to accept only 7 method names and rewrite them, so expressions failed before reaching the API. The API checks the format and the llm-request-router checks the meaning; the CLI prints the API error unchanged.
  • Docs: a new "Tune a model with a routing expression" section on the load-balancing page, and the fixed method lists elsewhere replaced with the format. The routingMethod API schema descriptions are updated too.
  • The regenerated skill data also picks up earlier skill edits that were merged without a regeneration.

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Issues

Closes #1408

Closes #1409

Relates to #536

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  • New or existing tests cover these changes.
  • The documentation is up to date with these changes.

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  • New Features
    • LLM routing methods can include optional tuning parameters, such as pulsar;seed=stable-a. The CLI forwards routing values unchanged; the API checks their format, and the request router validates the algorithm and parameters.
  • Documentation
    • Updated CLI references and the load-balancing guide with routing expression syntax, parameter behavior, validation errors, and configuration guidance, including how parameter values interact with configured defaults.

The CLI rejected any routingMethod outside seven names and rewrote
hyphenated names to legacy underscore spellings, so routing expressions
such as pulsar;seed=stable-a could only be set through the raw API. The
function API now validates the format and the request router validates
the meaning, so the CLI forwards the value unchanged for --llm-model,
--llm-model-update, and JSON input, and prints the API error.

Regenerating the embedded skill data also picks up earlier skill edits
that were merged without regenerating it.

Refs #1408

Signed-off-by: along <along@nvidia.com>
Add the owner-facing routing expression guide to the request router load
balancing page: format, parameters per algorithm with accepted values,
rejection codes, update propagation and caching, logs and traces, and the
behavior of routers without expression support. Replace the fixed method
lists in the CLI and gateway overviews with the expression format.

Refs #1409

Signed-off-by: along <along@nvidia.com>
Describe a router without expression support as behavior instead of a
required upgrade order. State that idle entries expire lazily. Make the
validation steps match a CLI that forwards every value: the router, not
the update, rejects an unknown parameter. Point the flag help at the docs.

Refs #1409

Signed-off-by: along <along@nvidia.com>
An unquoted inline spec ends at the first semicolon in the shell, so the
CLI sends the algorithm name without its parameters and the update
succeeds. Show a single-quoted --llm-model-update example and the
matching update JSON, and add the quoting rule to the CLI skill.

Refs #1409

Signed-off-by: along <along@nvidia.com>
The create and update schemas described routingMethod only as a routing
method. Describe the algorithm name with optional tuning parameters and
which component checks what, in the Java schema annotations and in the
UI copy of the Cloud Functions spec, with regenerated UI models.

Refs #1409

Signed-off-by: along <along@nvidia.com>
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Walkthrough

The CLI now forwards supplied routing-method values unchanged. References describe optional tuning parameters and distinguish API format checks from request-router validation. The self-managed guide documents expression rules, parameter details, rejection behavior, and operational guidance.

Changes

Routing expressions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Routing expression format and API contract
src/control-plane-services/.../FunctionModelDto.java, src/control-plane-services/.../UpdateFunctionRequest.java, src/uis/nvcf-ui/spec/nvcf-openapi.yaml, src/libraries/rust/stargate/docs/api-gateway-contract.md, docs/overview/cli.md, docs/overview/llm-gateway.md, ai-tooling/user/skills/nvcf-self-managed-cli/*, src/clis/nvcf-cli/README.md, src/clis/nvcf-cli/USAGE-GUIDE.md
The references describe routing algorithms with optional tuning parameters. They state that the CLI forwards values unchanged and distinguish API format validation from router validation.
CLI pass-through and API error handling
src/clis/nvcf-cli/cmd/function.go, src/clis/nvcf-cli/cmd/function_llm_model_test.go, src/clis/nvcf-cli/internal/client/client_test.go
Create and update parsing and conversion now preserve routing-method strings instead of normalizing or rejecting them. Tests cover unchanged values and API HTTP 400 errors. Token-rate-limit validation remains.
Router expression rules and operations
docs/self-managed/llm-request-router-load-balancing.md
The guide documents expression format limits, parameter rules, rejection codes, update propagation, router caching, telemetry, compatibility, and validation steps.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant nvcf-cli
  participant FunctionAPI
  User->>nvcf-cli: Submit routingMethod
  nvcf-cli->>FunctionAPI: Send value unchanged
  FunctionAPI-->>nvcf-cli: Return validation response
  nvcf-cli-->>User: Print API error
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a0fde

The CLI still submits malformed or noncanonical routing methods instead of catching or normalizing them locally as required. The API rejects malformed formats, so the impact is bounded, but the CLI behavior should be completed before merge.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning #1408 is not met. The CLI now forwards routingMethod unchanged in both model parsers and client conversion paths. It does not validate the API format before an API call or normalize algorithm spelli… For #1408, validate the format before the API call in both inline forms and JSON input. Normalize the algorithm token to canonical spelling while preserving expression parameters. Accept every router-supported method. Add table-driven gramm…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 5.88% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 17 functions across 5 files. (1 skipped: 1… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title follows Conventional Commits with the required scoped feat prefix and accurately describes the primary change: forwarding routing expressions unchanged in nvcf-cli.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed implementation, tests, API schema descriptions, load-balancing documentation, gateway contract text, and regenerated skill references all support routing-expression handling or its owner-f…
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#1408 is not met. The CLI now forwards routingMethod unchanged in both model parsers and client conversion paths. It does not validate the API format before an API call or normalize algorithm spelling. The tests cover unchanged forwarding and API error propagation, but they do not provide the required table-driven grammar, comma/semicolon, and pre-API error coverage. #1409 is only partially met. The load-balancing guide documents the grammar, parameter types and ranges, rejection behavior, cache and update propagation, and logs and traces. Its parameter table has no default-value column, and the guide does not state the required router-before-control-plane upgrade order for self-managed operators.

Resolution

For #1408, validate the format before the API call in both inline forms and JSON input. Normalize the algorithm token to canonical spelling while preserving expression parameters. Accept every router-supported method. Add table-driven grammar tests, including comma field separators and semicolon parameters, and assert precise pre-API errors. For #1409, add default values to the per-algorithm parameter documentation and add an explicit self-managed upgrade-order note that upgrades routers before the control-plane release that accepts expressions.

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Docstring coverage is 5.88% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 17 functions across 5 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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Reviewed the CLI change, tests, schema text, and the new routing expression docs against the router parser (load_balancer/expression.rs) and the API validator. The CLI pass-through is safe: the router already lowercases and maps underscores to hyphens, so dropping the CLI normalization does not break existing spellings such as round-robin or POWER_OF_TWO. go test for cmd and internal/client passes, and go generate leaves skilldata_generated.go unchanged. One doc accuracy issue below.

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Approving. The CLI change looks correct. The inline docs comment on the routing-expression parameter table is non-blocking; please fix it before merge or in a follow-up.

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Since #2288 the router also accepts the cache affinity backend count,
input token scale, and wait for pulsar-wait-and-widen, and adds the
pulsar-wait-and-widen-only band_widen_interval_ms and
fallback_max_queued. Update the parameter table to match.

Refs #1409

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🟡 Minor · Validate routingMethod before API submission · function.go:696-709

src/clis/nvcf-cli/cmd/function.go:696-709
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate routingMethod before API submission

The create and update paths copy routingMethod unchanged from inline and JSON input. Malformed expressions and noncanonical names such as POWER_OF_TWO can therefore reach the API, instead of being rejected or canonicalized by the CLI as required by issue #1408.

Validate and canonicalize in the shared conversion functions so both input forms use the same logic. The helper must accept valid parameterized expressions and canonicalize only the algorithm name.

Suggested fix
 func llmConfigInputToClient(input *LLMConfigInput) (*client.LLMConfigDto, error) {
 	if input == nil {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	if err := validateLLMModelURIs(input.URIs); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	if err := validateLLMTokenRateLimit(optionalStringValue(input.TokenRateLimit)); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	routingMethod, err := normalizeLLMRoutingMethod(optionalStringValue(input.RoutingMethod))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return &client.LLMConfigDto{
 		URIs:           input.URIs,
 		TokenRateLimit: input.TokenRateLimit,
-		RoutingMethod:  optionalString(optionalStringValue(input.RoutingMethod)),
+		RoutingMethod:  optionalString(routingMethod),
 	}, nil
 }
 
 func modelUpdateConfigToClient(update ModelUpdateConfig) (client.ModelUpdateDto, error) {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(update.ModelName) == "" {
 		return client.ModelUpdateDto{}, fmt.Errorf("modelName is required")
 	}
 	if update.LLMConfig == nil {
 		return client.ModelUpdateDto{}, fmt.Errorf("llmConfig is required")
 	}
 
 	if err := validateLLMTokenRateLimit(optionalStringValue(update.LLMConfig.TokenRateLimit)); err != nil {
 		return client.ModelUpdateDto{}, err
 	}
 
+	routingMethod, err := normalizeLLMRoutingMethod(optionalStringValue(update.LLMConfig.RoutingMethod))
+	if err != nil {
+		return client.ModelUpdateDto{}, err
+	}
+
 	llmConfig := &client.LLMConfigUpdateDto{
 		TokenRateLimit: update.LLMConfig.TokenRateLimit,
-		RoutingMethod:  optionalString(optionalStringValue(update.LLMConfig.RoutingMethod)),
+		RoutingMethod:  optionalString(routingMethod),
 	}
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Review comment at @src/clis/nvcf-cli/cmd/function.go around lines 696 - 709:
Validate and canonicalize routingMethod in the shared LLM conversion paths,
including llmConfigInputToClient and modelUpdateConfigToClient, so both inline
and JSON inputs are checked before API submission. Reject malformed expressions,
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